The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-09-13

| that the Job was thoroughly done.
He felt the sheet pulled of, then felt some
| one feeling his abdomen a sharp pain near
his hip made him start. Now he felt some
body washing his wound-very gently-with
cold water. Therefore the crime must have
been discovered, and they were attending to
his wounds-he was being nursed A wild
Joy came on him, but through a lingering
sense of prudence he tried not to show that
he was conscious, and he half opened one eye
only one-with ever 50 many precautions.
He recognized Denis standing beside him
Denis himselfl Good Lordl He shut his eyes
again forthwith.
Denis! What on earth was he doingi What
did he wanti What frightful project was he
now endeavoring to accomplish
What was he doing? Why, be was washing
him simply to hide all traces of the crime.
And now perhaps he would bury him, ten
feet deep, in the garden, so that nobody could
ever find him Or else perhaps in the cellar
under the place where the bottles Of choice
wine were kept
And N. Marambot began to tremble so
much that every limb shook.
He thought: ut is all up with me, all up
with me-" He shut his eyes not to see the
last blow of the knife coming 1t did not
come. Denis was now lifting him, and bind
ing his wounds with some linen. Then he
began to bind the wound in the leg, very
carefully, as he had learned to do when his
master was druggist
There could he no more doubt in the mind
Of any one who knew the business. The ser
want, after having tried to kill him, was now
trying to save him
Then, in dying voice, NJ Marambot gave
him this piece Of practical counsel:
"The washing and dressing ought to be
done with carbolic acid diluted with soap
and water
Denis answered:
"That's what I'm doing, monsieur
M Marambot opened both his eyes
There was no trace of blood now, either in
the bed, or on the wall, or in the room, or
upon the person of the assassin. The wounded
man was lying upon clean white sheets
The two men looked at one another
Finally, N. Marambot said very gently:
"You have committed great crime"
Denis replied:
81 am trying to make reparation for it,
monsieur. II you promise not TO denounce
me, will continue to serve you as faithfully
as in the past
time to argue with his servant. N. Maram-
bot, as he closed his eyes again, articulated:
IL swear to you that / will never denounce
you"
Denis saved his master. He passed whole
nights and days without sleep, never leaving
the patients room a moment: preparing
lotions, mixing medicines, giving doses, feel
ing his masters pulse, counting it anxiously:
managing the case with the skill of profes-
sional nurse and the devotion of a son.
Every minute or two he would ask:
"Well, monsieur, how do you feel now!"
NJ Marambot would reply, feebly:
"A little better, my boy; thank you"
And often, when the wounded man awoke
in the night, he would see his nurse weeping
silently as he sat in the arm chair by the bed
and wiping his eyes.
Never i'll his life had the old druggist been
SO well cared for, so much petted and ca
ressed. At first he had said to himself:
@Just so soon as get well I'll get rid of this
rascal"
But when he was fully convalescent he kept
putting OF the mans dismissal from day TO
day. He thought to himself that no other
person would ever show him so much atten-
ton or bestow upon him so much care. He
him by fear; and he even told him that he
had made a will and deposited it with a no
tary, in which will was a statement denounc-
ing Denis in case anything should occur.
well, there's time enough to think about
that" he would say to himself
Meanwhile Denis continued TO show him
self to be perfect domestic NJ. Marambot
got well He kept Denis.
Rrrt NM ruorpinu i,,cf az ba boI
breakfast, he suddenly heard great noise in
the kitchen. He ran thither, and saw Denis
struggling in the grasp of two gendarmes
One of the officers began to take notes i'm a
note book
sobbed out:
You denounced me, monsieur!-after all
your promiSesi That is not right. You
broke your word of honor, NJ. Marambot.
That was not right that was not rightIn
NJ Marambot, utterly astounded and
greatly panied at being thus suspected. lifted
up his hand, and said
II swear to you, before God, my boy, that I
never denounced you. / have not even got
the faintest idea how these policemen ever
heard of the attempt to murder met"
The one who was taking notes gave q start.
NJ. Marambotf'
More and more confused, the druggist an
swered:
why, yes; but / never denounced him; |
never said word He served me very well |
ever since" |
The officer severely replied:
Il note down your statement Justice will |
take full cognizance Of this new fact, which |
was not known to rs before, n. Marambot. |
was simply ordered to arrest your servant |
for stealing two ducks from Ii. Duhamel; we |
have witnesses to prove the theft Sorry, NJ. |
Marambot; / shall testify to what you have |
just said"
Then, turning to the gendarmes, he said:
Take him along"
They took Denis along.
The attorney for the defendant entered a |
plea OF insanity, using the two different |
charges TO make a case for his client. He |
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